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Idaho Court Rejects State’s Attempt to Throw out Case Brought by Women Denied Abortions
A case seeking to expand the medical exceptions in Idaho’s abortion bans will proceed despite the state’s attempt to dismiss the case
2023 State Legislative Wrap-Up
This policy report by the Center provides an overview of the U.S. state policy landscape after tracking almost 2,000 bills proposed in state legislatures relating to reproductive care.
Supreme Court Will Hear Case that Could Undermine Abortion Pill Access Nationwide
12.13.23 (PRESS RELEASE) — Today, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to take up a case that could ultimately eliminate access to mifepristone—one of two drugs used in medication abortion. The case was filed by an anti-abortion [...]
Texas Supreme Court Says Kate Cox Can’t Get An Abortion in Texas
12.12.2023—Late last night, the Texas Supreme Court ruled against a Texas woman with a lethal pregnancy diagnosis seeking access to an abortion in the state. “This ruling should enrage every Texan to their core. If [...]
Texas Woman Who Needs Emergency Abortion Forced to Flee State
12.11.2023 -- After a week of legal whiplash and threats of prosecution from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, Kate Cox has been forced to leave Texas to get healthcare outside of the state. Kate has [...]
Texas Supreme Court Temporarily Halts Ruling That Allowed Pregnant Woman to Have Emergency Abortion
12.08.2023 -- Late tonight, the Texas Supreme Court temporarily halted a lower court ruling that would have allowed Kate Cox, a Dallas woman with severe pregnancy complications, to have an abortion to protect her health [...]
Texas Court Rules in Favor of Pregnant Woman Seeking an Emergency Abortion
12.07.2023 -- Today, a Texas state court has granted the request of a woman with severe pregnancy complications, Kate Cox, to have an abortion to protect her life, health and future fertility. Kate had been [...]
Texas Woman Asks Court for an Emergency Abortion
12.05.23 (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights filed an emergency lawsuit on behalf of a pregnant woman in Texas, Kate Cox, who needs urgent abortion care due to a lethal fetal diagnosis [...]
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Even More Women Sue Texas After Being Denied Abortions for Dangerous Pregnancy Complications
11.14.2023 (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, seven women who were refused medically necessary abortions joined a lawsuit filed by the Center for Reproductive Rights earlier this year against the state of Texas (Zurawski v. State of [...]
Human Rights Body Hears Firsthand Accounts of Fear and Danger Caused by U.S. Abortion Bans
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights holds first hearing on U.S. abortion access since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion.
CIDH escuchó impactantes testimonios sobre los efectos de la prohibición del aborto en Estados Unidos
La Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos realizó su primera audiencia sobre acceso al aborto en Estados Unidos, desde que la Corte Suprema revocó la protección federal constitucional al derecho al aborto en ese país.
Ohio Voters Enshrine Abortion Rights Into Law in Historic Vote
11.07.23 (PRESS RELEASE) – Ohio voters have passed a constitutional amendment that enshrines reproductive freedom – including the right to abortion – in the state constitution. Voters turned out in record numbers to support abortion [...]
“Allowing Domestic Violence Perpetrators to Carry Guns Will Worsen the U.S. Maternal Health Crisis”
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The Center's Tamar Eisen and Diana Kasdan explain how the right to life and reproductive autonomy includes the right to live free from violence at the hands of intimate partners.
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
